Book contents
- Reviews
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Provisions in the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong S.A.R.
- Part I 1982–1997
- Part II 1997–2014
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 The Court and the Canaries in a Storm
- 5 Foreign Treaty Relations
- 6 Acts of State, Foreign Affairs, Defence
- 7 Demos
- Part III 2014–2021
- Book part
- Index
6 - Acts of State, Foreign Affairs, Defence
from Part II - 1997–2014
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2022
Book contents
- Reviews
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Treaty for a Lost City
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Provisions in the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong S.A.R.
- Part I 1982–1997
- Part II 1997–2014
- Introduction to Part II
- 4 The Court and the Canaries in a Storm
- 5 Foreign Treaty Relations
- 6 Acts of State, Foreign Affairs, Defence
- 7 Demos
- Part III 2014–2021
- Book part
- Index
Summary
The PRC’s foreign affairs power had, briefly, been described in the previous chapter, together with the power in the realm of defence. These powers impose together important and at times anxious limitations on Hong Kong’s autonomy, not just on Hong Kong’s external affairs and foreign treaty relations but also on the judicial function of the courts. In the ‘Twelve Points’ which became the Joint Declaration, the sixth was that Hong Kong will manage its own affairs except in defence and foreign affairs. That qualification is often forgotten or dismissed, but it cannot be so easily brushed aside.
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- Treaty for a Lost CityThe Sino-British Joint Declaration, pp. 129 - 146Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022